ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (Cambridge, ON) announces the death of Klaus Woerner, founder, president and chief executive officer of the company, following a battle with cancer. Woerner was 65 years old.
"Klaus was a gifted engineer, entrepreneur and business leader who made a significant and lasting contribution to the global automation industry, to the thousands of engineers and trades people around the world who benefited from his commitment to apprenticeship training," Lawrence G. Tapp, non-executive chairman of the board of ATS, says.